Package for cigarettes and the like



P. R. WALTERS. PACKAGE FOR CIGARETTES AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. I7, 1920.

Patented Feb- 21, 1922.

uNrre sTA g PACKAGE roza CIGARETTES AND THE LIKE.

To all to 720m it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, Pnnor R. YVAL'rnns, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of the city of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec andv Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new. and useful Improvements in Packages for Cigarettes and the like, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in packages for the shipment and display of goods such as cirgarettes, etc, and the object of the invention is to provide apackage which may be manufactured at a low cost.

A further object is to provide a package which will serve as a display'container for the goods on a counter or the like.

A still further object is to eliminate the considerable trouble usually experienced in dealing with the covers of such packages.

At the present time it is customary to placesmall packages of cigarettes and the like in a larger container of attractive appearance designed: to stand permanently on any store counter. Such packages are pri' marily intended to carry a certain amount of prominent advertising and to hold the goods in such position that they may be readily examined by intending purchasers. The body of such a package presents no problem but it is in dealing with the cover that .diflic'ulty is experienced. Advertising matter on the body of the package is not very prominent and it is therefore desired to retain the cover as a display medium. A separate flanged slip-on cover is not satisfactory as it cannot be readily adapted to the open box for display purposes and is, therefore, almost certainly discarded. Resort was had to covers hingedly connected to the boxes but these had the disadvantage of a tendency to return to closed position. lVith either form of cover it is the inner surface of the cover which acts as an advertising medium during open condition of the package and, as it is necessary to have identification of the contents on the outside of the package, it becomes necessary to print both sides of the cover, thus materially increasing the cost of the package. 1

According to the present invention a packa e is provided in which the cost of the cover oth for material and printing is reduced to a minimum, and in which the inherent tendency of the cover is to assume the desired advertising position and to resist Specification of Letters Patent. App lication file d September 17, 1920. Serial in display position.

- position of the package.

I Patented Feb. 21', 1922.

any movement tending to conceal goods in the package. The .manipulation; of the cover to produce the desired result is of the simplest.

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The device comprisesbriefly a'package body in the form of-an open-top. box of'ordinary construction. The cover is in the form,

of two hingedly connected portions," one adapted to form a closure' for thev body and the other to lie between the side ofthe body and the contents thereof to hold thefirs t' named portion in position. y

In the drawings which illustrate the invention,-

, Fig. 1 is a perspective ig. 2 1s a cross'sectional viewof the device in closed position. Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of the device in open or'displayposition.'

M I v view of the'devic e Referring more particularly to the drawings, 11=designates a package body of any ordinary open-top construction, having sides 12 and 13. The cover comprises a pair of members 14 and 15dhingedly' connected, I the former member being the closure proper and the latter for the purpose of'holding it in closed position or display position as 'de sired. "Ordinarily packages'of the character to which this invention relates are con-H structed of cardboard or stiff paper and the parts of the cover m'emberare' therefore defined by a crease or sco're line 16 which slightly weakens the material and forms what is above described as a hinged connec tion between the two parts Packages'con' structed of other material, such as sheet metal, may be provided with a crease or fold or may have a 'definitehinge structureconnecting'the two parts. Small paper packages may have the cover formed in two sep arate parts connected by a hinged member of paper, fabric or the like attached by. glue or other suitable means to the two arts.

are, in one sense, immaterial. tial feature of the connection between the cover parts is that it must normally hold the parts approximately in certain relation.

Details of construction in 'thisipartlcular Theessenthe goods and then grasps the cover which,

in the case paper or cardboard boxes, is preferably in a flat sheet which has not yet been folded at the crease line'le. The

part 15 of the cover is thrust into the package body between the contents and the side 12, so thatthe part 1a is normal to the plane of the package top. The cover part 1 is then pressed down over the goods in the body, so that the cover folds at the crease 16. The cover part 15 may be provided with suitable directions and the corresponding side of the part 14- with ad-- vertising matter 18, the opposite side of the cover being blank. When the cover part '14- is pressed down over the goods the ad by a wrapper or any other suitable means.

The merchant on receiving the goods removes the wrapper or otherwise liberates the cover part is which rises to the dotted position shown in Figure 2. The merchant then removes the cover entirely from the package body and transfers the part 15 thereof from the body side 12 to the body side 13 or turns the cover end for end and thrusts the part 15 down between the body side and thecontents of the package, so that the part 1% projects beyond the side of the body and tends naturally to assume the inclined position shown in Figure 3. It will be noted that the inscription 18 on the cover is now over the goods displayed in the open body and serves to advertise the same. The material of the cover having been prepared to fold in the one direction only, or folded in such direction without special preparation, has no tendency to fall forward over the body and obscure the contents and, in fact, will resist movement in this direction. 7

'It will be readily understood from the foregoing description that a package of this ,character may be produced more cheaply than the packages now used and will yield the desired display and advertising with out requiring any complicated manipulation, and when in advertising position will not be itself obscured or obscure the contents of the box by movement toward closed position.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is lpA package comprising a body and a separate coverincluding a closure member and a holding member therefor engage-able with the side of the body, said closure member being foldable relatively to the holding member to assume body closing position tending by its inherent qualities to return toward its original position and thereby assume an angular relation with theplane of the body top, said holding member beingengageable with the body in either of two relations thereby to position theclosure member in closure position or in display position at one side of the body.

2'. A package according to claim 1, in which the closure member is provided on one side thereof with an inscription serving in one position of the member to identify the contents of the box and in the other position of the member advertise the exposed contents of the box. 7 V

3. A package comprising a box-like body open at the top, and. a removable'closure for said body comprising a retaining portion normally engaged between the front of the box and the contents, and a cover portion integral with the upper edge of said retainer portion and normally assuming a rearwardinclination over the box, said coverhaving advertising matter on the upper surface thereof, and being available as a display card in rear of the box by transfer of the retainer portion from the front to the back of the box.

4. A package comprising a box-like body open at the top, and a removable closure for said. body comprising a retaining portron normally engaged between the front of the box and the contents, and a cover portion integral with the upper edge of said 7 retainer portion and normally assuming a rearward inclination over the box, sa1d cover,

having advertising matter on the upper surface thereof and being Cvailable as a display card inclined away from the box upon reversal end for end of the retaining member and its re-insertion at the front of the box.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

' PERCY WALTER-S. 

